24 Jan 10 - "The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel
Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035
last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on
world leaders," says this article in the Daily Mail.

Dr Lal, coordinating lead author of the IPCC report in question,
admitted to the Daily Mail that he was well aware that the
statement did not rest on peer-reviewed scientific research.

"In fact, the 2035 melting date seems to have been plucked from thin
air," the article continues.

No abnormal retreat, says Indian government

"One of the problems bedevilling Himalayan glacier research is a lack of
reliable data. An authoritative report published last November by the
Indian government said: ‘Himalayan glaciers have not in any way
exhibited, especially in recent years, an abnormal annual retreat.’

"When this report was issued, Raj Pachauri, the IPCC chairman, denounced
it as ‘voodoo science,’ an accusation rebutted angrily by Dr Lal.

The article goes on to give instances of times that, when reviewers
asked for verifications, Dr Lal and his colleagues simply ignored them.

Himalayan glaciers in the Karakoram range growing rapidly

"For example, Hayley Fowler of Newcastle University, suggested that
their draft did not mention that Himalayan glaciers in the Karakoram
range are growing rapidly, citing a paper published in the influential
journal Nature."

"In their response, the IPCC authors said, bizarrely, that they were
‘unable to get hold of the suggested references’, but would ‘consider’
this in their final version. They failed to do so."

I don't think it's enough that Pachauri resign. I think the entire IPCC
is infected, and should
be dismantled.